Homegrown PayMe

Terms & Conditions

This website ("Site") and any related services (“Services”) are maintained by Homegrown Network (Pty) Ltd having RSA company registration number 2017/528096/07 and/or its subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as “Homegrown”). By continuing with usage of the Site and/or clicking the accept button you agree to the terms and conditions contained herein (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) which set out the agreement between you and Homegrown relating to your usage of the Site and/or Services. By agreeing to become a member of Homegrown PayMe (hereinafter referred to as PayMe), you agree inter alia to receive invitations (“Invitations”) to participate in quotations for products, surveys, research programmes and/or other offerings, all of which are considered Services. Any reference to PayMe in the remainder of the Terms will also reference its directors, officers, shareholders, employees, representatives, contractors, affiliates, related third-parties, successors, or assignees of Homegrown as the context requires.

Use: Individuals may use this Site solely pursuant to the Terms for personal and non-commercial purposes. Any other use is prohibited. Becoming and remaining a member of PayMe is free of charge. Participation in activities is always optional. Individuals may unsubscribe from PayMe at any time without charge or obligation.

Privacy Policy: PayMe takes your privacy concerns seriously. For further information about how we use information collected from you, please review our "Privacy Policy".

Membership eligibility: PayMe is open to individuals who are 18 years of age and older and resident in South Africa. Membership is specific to one individual and your RSA identity number will need to be provided to Homegrown.

Becoming a member: While some Site content is available to anonymous online visitors, other content may be restricted to use by members of PayMe only. In order to become a member and remain a member, an individual must provide truthful information when registering for PayMe and may not use any aliases or other means to mask his or her true identity. If an individual provides any information to PayMe that is found to be untrue, inaccurate, is not reasonably current or complete, or PayMe and/or one of its agents has reasonable grounds to suspect same, PayMe and/or its authorized agents have the right to terminate that individuals membership; refuse any and all current or future access to, or use of the Site; and any accumulated rewards or prizes in any amount otherwise creditable to the member will be considered null and void.

Initiating and maintaining membership. In order to access the member's area for PayMe, you will be required during registration to set up a username. A password will be sent to you via email. You are responsible for the security of your password and will be solely liable for any use or unauthorized use of said password.

Frequency of survey invitation and participation by members of PayMe. In the personal information and/or preferences contained in your online profile, you may indicate the maximum number of Invitations you would like to receive on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. You may receive invitations to interact at frequencies up to the self-imposed quotas indicated by you or may receive no invitations at all. Note that PayMe is under no obligation to offer any specific or minimum number of Invitations whatsoever.

Unauthorized use: You may not use any technological devices such as spiders, robots or other automated data mining techniques to catalogue, download, store or otherwise reproduce or distribute content available on the Site. Neither are you permitted to manipulate the results of any panel, poll, survey, or prize draws on this Site or in the context of any activity engaged in, as a consequence of membership. You may not take any action to interfere with the Site or any other user's use of the Site, including, without limitation, via means of overloading, "flooding", "mail bombing" or "crashing" the Site. You may not send unsolicited email, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services. You may not frame portions of the Site within another website or alter the appearance of the Site. PayMe will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order, within the limits of any applicable law, requesting or directing PayMe to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials and notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated in these Terms, you will be liable for any damage caused (including consequential damage) as a result of the aforementioned.

Updating your profile: Members of PayMe agree to promptly update any changes in personal and other related information on the Site; including but not limited to name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and demographic information in the profile section after signing in with their member log-in information.

Inactivity and termination of account by PayMe: If a member does not participate for an extended time period, PayMe may elect, in their sole discretion, to terminate your membership without notice. Other grounds for termination without notice include but are not limited to inadequate or untruthful responses and the panel member having undeliverable e-mail address or mailboxes that are full after multiple attempts to contact the member. In addition, PayMe may, in its sole discretion, consider any other fact or condition as sufficient grounds for membership termination. After membership is terminated, the terminated individual will stop being sent invitations to participate. PayMe may or may not at its discretion communicate notice of termination to the member. If, through not receiving invitations or through some other means, a member suspects that their membership has been terminated, you may contact PayMe using the contact information available in the "Contact" page of this Site or the like. In general, in cases where terminations are due to inactivity, outstanding COINS (rewards) (i.e., if beyond redemption threshold levels) may be claimed for 90 days following the date of termination. After that period, the individual’s ability to claim COINS will expire. As a condition of membership, you hereby waive and release any and all claims against PayMe and its affiliates arising from or related to such membership termination or rewards expiration.

Communication between members and PayMe. By becoming a PayMe member, you agree to receive emails made on our behalf inviting you to participate in activities that are reasonably likely to match your experiences, background and/or preferences. Participation by you is always voluntary. From time to time, e-mail newsletters regarding relevant PayMe information, offerings or company news may be sent to you as well. E-mail links are provided on the site so that you may contact us directly with any questions or concerns you may have. Each e-mail we receive is read and responded to individually, so you are advised to expect a maximum response time of 2-6 working days.

Membership Cancelation: You may cancel your membership at any time without charge or obligation. You must sign-in to the Site as a member and click the "unsubscribe" link or the like. Please note that all accumulated points and/or rewards of any kind will be immediately forfeit and they cannot be transferred or cashed out.

Policy on Incentive Programs: To obtain points, or any other form of virtual currency (hereinafter referred to as “COINS”), you will need to successfully complete a quotation, survey, or the like. For the avoidance of doubt, no final purchase of a product will be necessary to obtain COINS. The quantum of Rewards that can be earned by you for participation via any Invitation will be specified at the beginning of any quote, survey or the like (the “Offering”) and the Offering may contain specific terms and conditions related thereto. Please note that you are responsible for any taxes or duties which may result from COINS earned or redeemed and PayMe expressly accepts no liability or responsibility in any manner for any tax consequences emanating therefrom. Your participation in any quotation of survey offering may be suspended, altered, or terminated, and any COINS earned may be cancelled or suspended, in case of any abuse or breach of any rules, regulations, terms and conditions, or any misrepresentation by you. PayMe will have no liability to you under such circumstances.

Expiration: As long as you keep your account in good standing (i.e., profile information is updated and reasonable level of participation of Offering invitations is achieved, etc.) COINS will be maintained without expiration. The COINS may be cancelled if you have not been active for a certain amount of time. To query the balance on your COINS, you must send an email to PayMe@Homegrown.network.

Intellectual Property: All pages and content within this Site and related sites, including but not limited to, text, designs, graphics, drawings, audio, video, photographs, surveys, logos, or other materials and the selection and arrangement thereof are the intellectual property of, or are authorized for use by, PayMe and its licensors, business partners and affiliates, including but not limited to all trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets contained therein. You may not modify, copy, reproduce, reveal, create derivative works, republish, display, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way content available on this site without the prior written consent of PayMe and all PayMe’s rights therein remain reserved. Please be advised that legal action may be taken in the event that any unauthorized use of any of the aforementioned content is traced back to You.

Disclaimer: The Site, including all content or services made available on or accessed through the Site, is provided "as is” and are used at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permissible by law, PayMe, its clients, its affiliates and other third parties and their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives, agents, third-party content providers and licensors make no representations or warranties of any kind whatsoever relating to the content on the Site. Further, PayMe disclaims any expressed, implied, or statutory warranties, including, without limitations, non-infringement, title, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, that the Site, or any materials or content contained therein will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site or the server that hosts it will be corrected, or that the Site or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components. In no event will PayMe be liable under any theory of tort, contract, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for any lost profits, lost data, lost opportunities, costs of cover, exemplary, punitive, personal injury/wrongful death, special incidental, indirect or other consequential damages, each of which is hereby excluded by agreement of the parties regardless of whether either party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Changes: All information posted on the Site is subject to change without notice. This includes all aspects relating to points and/or rewards including, but not limited to details relating to redemption thresholds and cash values as well as payment terms. In addition, the Terms may be changed at any time without prior notice. We will make such changes by posting them on the Site and those who are affected by its terms are required to check website contents regularly to monitor changes.

Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless PayMe, its employees, directors, officers, agents, representatives, contractors, affiliates, advertisers, successors and assigns from and against any and all third-party claims, demands, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, or expenses, including but not limited to legal fees on an attorney and clients costs basis, arising from, or related to any loss caused by you as a result of your use of the Site and/or Services and/or any breach by you of any of the Terms or any applicable law.

Limitation of Liability: To the extent permitted by applicable law, PayMe shall in no event be liable for the loss of profits, goodwill or other special or consequential damages suffered by the members of the Site, clients, or others as a result of PayMe's performance or non-performance under this agreement whether or not the possibility of such damages was disclosed to you or could have been reasonably foreseen by PayMe. PayMe is neither responsible nor liable for, and you hereby waive any claim, action, or remedy for, any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential, for losses that result from participation in the Invitations offered to members, or reliance on or use of information, services, or merchandise provided on or through the Site except where such liability is mandated by law. All users of the Site further acknowledge that PayMe neither endorses the contents of advertisements or partner websites, nor assumes responsibility or liability for the accuracy of material contained therein, or any infringement of third-party intellectual property rights arising therefrom, or any fraud or other crime facilitated thereby. The limitation of liability and disclaimers in the Terms shall apply regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, warranty, delict, quasi-delict, strict liability, negligence, or other tort and shall survive a fundamental breach or breaches or the failure of the essential purpose of contract or the failure of an exclusive remedy.

General Compliance with Laws: You shall comply with all applicable laws of Republic of South Africa, statutes, ordinances, and regulations regarding your use of the Site.

Notices: Except as explicitly stated otherwise, any notices required hereunder shall be given by email to the appropriate email address under the Support tab (in the case of PayMe) or to the email address provided by the individual to PayMe on their personal information profile (in the individuals case), or such other address as the party shall specify. Notice shall be deemed given 24 hours after email is sent, unless the sending party is notified that the email address is invalid. Alternatively, PayMe may give an individual notice by SMS or WhatsApp to the cell phone number provided to PayMe during the registration process.

Arbitration: Any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to the Terms shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with commonly accepted principles of commercial arbitration. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any dispute, claim or controversy of any other party. The arbitration shall be conducted in South Africa and judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court having jurisdiction thereof. Either the individual or PayMe may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in South Africa necessary to protect the rights or property of the individual or PayMe pending the completion of arbitration.

Severability: If any part of these Terms shall be held or declared to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective but shall not affect any other part of these Terms.

Cession: You may not assign or cede these Terms. You agree that Homegrown may assign and/or cede these Terms at any time without notice to you.

Rights to Change and Control Website: The content of our Site may be subject to change, restriction, or termination without any notice to you.

Contra Proferentem: It is expressly stated that the doctrine of contra proferentem shall not apply to the Terms. If an ambiguity exists in the Terms, or in a specific provision, neither the Terms nor the provision shall be construed against the party who drafted the Terms or provision.

General: These Terms shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section. The failure of PayMe to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. This document sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and PayMe with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Questions: If you have questions regarding these Terms, please contact us by e-mail to: payme@homegrown.network,